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Movers & Shakers
Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C. has announced the opening of a new office in Burlington, VT.
Marshall Gilinsky, a shareholder in the firm's Insurance Recovery Group will head the new office, which will focus primarily on insurance recovery, particularly on behalf of captive insurance firms in disputes with their reinsurance providers.
In addition to his work on behalf of captive insurance companies, Gilinsky's insurance coverage practice is focused on property insurance, commercial general liability insurance, professional errors and omissions insurance and directors' and officers' insurance. Much of his practice concentrates on obtaining full recoveries for complex property and business interruption insurance claims arising out of prominent catastrophes, such as 9/11 and Hurricanes Katrina and Irene and Superstorm Sandy.
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William P. Shelley, a member of this newsletter's Board of Editors, has departed from Cozen O' Connor and has joined Gordon & Rees LLP to open G&R's Philadelphia office as its managing partner. Shelley will also serve as co-chair of the firm's Insurance Group.
The Newark, NJ office of K&L Gates LLP has added John P. Scordo as a partner in the firm's insurance coverage practice. Scordo joins K&L Gates from Day Pitney LLP.
Scordo counsels clients on liability, litigation, and insurance coverage issues involving privacy, data breach, and data protection. He has experience in complex insurance claims and coverage matters concerning many types of policies, including general and professional liability, directors' and officers', property/business interruption, fiduciary, environmental, employment, life/accident, media/publishers, and health and group benefits, among others.
A commercial arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Scordo is well-versed in the numerous insurance coverage issues impacting the financial services industry.
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Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has announced that David Grosgold and Marilyn A. Lion will become partners of the firm, effective July 1, 2013.
Grosgold and Lion are both based in the firm's New York office, and are members of the Corporate Department and the Financial Institutions Group. Grosgold's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, including transactions in the insurance industry, and insurance regulatory and corporate matters. Lion focuses on corporate transactions in the insurance industry, including mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions, as well as insurance and reinsurance regulatory matters.
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Clyde & Co has announced the addition of insurance and reinsurance specialist Ian Roberts as a partner in the firm's Singapore office. He has been appointed to lead the non-marine insurance practice in South East Asia.
Roberts is an insurance coverage and liability defense lawyer with a focus on property, construction and engineering claims, FI and D&O risks, general liability, and political risk/trade credit matters. He has advised a wide range of insureds, including construction professionals, trustees, financial institutions, directors and officers, solicitors and accountants. He also regularly advises on the drafting of policy wordings.
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Marshall Gilinsky, a shareholder in the firm's Insurance Recovery Group will head the new office, which will focus primarily on insurance recovery, particularly on behalf of captive insurance firms in disputes with their reinsurance providers.
In addition to his work on behalf of captive insurance companies, Gilinsky's insurance coverage practice is focused on property insurance, commercial general liability insurance, professional errors and omissions insurance and directors' and officers' insurance. Much of his practice concentrates on obtaining full recoveries for complex property and business interruption insurance claims arising out of prominent catastrophes, such as 9/11 and Hurricanes Katrina and Irene and Superstorm Sandy.
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William P. Shelley, a member of this newsletter's Board of Editors, has departed from
The Newark, NJ office of
Scordo counsels clients on liability, litigation, and insurance coverage issues involving privacy, data breach, and data protection. He has experience in complex insurance claims and coverage matters concerning many types of policies, including general and professional liability, directors' and officers', property/business interruption, fiduciary, environmental, employment, life/accident, media/publishers, and health and group benefits, among others.
A commercial arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Scordo is well-versed in the numerous insurance coverage issues impacting the financial services industry.
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Grosgold and Lion are both based in the firm's
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Roberts is an insurance coverage and liability defense lawyer with a focus on property, construction and engineering claims, FI and D&O risks, general liability, and political risk/trade credit matters. He has advised a wide range of insureds, including construction professionals, trustees, financial institutions, directors and officers, solicitors and accountants. He also regularly advises on the drafting of policy wordings.
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Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
Legal Possession: What Does It Mean?
Possession of real property is a matter of physical fact. Having the right or legal entitlement to possession is not "possession," possession is "the fact of having or holding property in one's power." That power means having physical dominion and control over the property.
The Stranger to the Deed Rule
In 1987, a unanimous Court of Appeals reaffirmed the vitality of the "stranger to the deed" rule, which holds that if a grantor executes a deed to a grantee purporting to create an easement in a third party, the easement is invalid. Daniello v. Wagner, decided by the Second Department on November 29th, makes it clear that not all grantors (or their lawyers) have received the Court of Appeals' message, suggesting that the rule needs re-examination.